Tracking of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness from childhood to adulthood

Physical inactivity and low cardiorespiratory fitness have been associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. In recent
years, accompanying the emerging epidemic of childhood obesity, chronic metabolic diseases have started to appear already in
childhood. Therefore, preventive efforts, including strategies for increasing physical activity levels, have shifted from adulthood and
old age to childhood and adolescence. This strategy assumes certain stability of physical activity during life course, i.e. that physical
activity will become a regular component of daily activities in most individuals. Therefore, this review considers evidence for tracking
of different aspects of physical activity and several indicators of cardiorespiratory fitness during childhood and adolescence and
from adolescence to adulthood.

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Journal PAEDIATRIA CROATICA is the official journal of the Croatian Pediatric Society and Croatian Society of School and University Medicine. The editor is Children's Hospital Zagreb. It is published four times per year by Children's University Hospital Zagreb, Klaićeva 16, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.Practicing pediatricians, pediatric subspecialists, neonatologists, family physicians, and other health care professionals that have children in their care.